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Another prominent book concerned with this subject is the first non-fiction book by Lisa Alther, who has previously been known as a best-selling novelist. The book is ''Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors'' (Arcade Publishing, 2007). | Another prominent book concerned with this subject is the first non-fiction book by Lisa Alther, who has previously been known as a best-selling novelist. The book is ''Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors'' (Arcade Publishing, 2007). | ||
Yet another relatively recent book which deals with the Melungeon phenomenon (although, oddly, seeming to avoid use of the term) is Paul Heinegg, ''Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820''. This is a two-volume set which received an award from the American Society of Genealogists as the best work of genealogical scholarship published from 1991 to 1994. Oddly, however, the book appears to have a tendency to refer to families of mixed race as simply either mulatto or as black, even where indications would suggest at least some Native American ancestry. | Yet another relatively recent (2005) book which deals with the Melungeon phenomenon (although, oddly, seeming to avoid use of the term) is Paul Heinegg, ''Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820''. This is a two-volume set which received an award from the American Society of Genealogists as the best work of genealogical scholarship published from 1991 to 1994. Oddly, however, the book appears to have a tendency to refer to families of mixed race as simply either mulatto or as black, even where indications would suggest at least some Native American ancestry. | ||
Among the materials listed below, note that some of the period sources, such as those by Dromgoole, are derogatory in nature. | Among the materials listed below, note that some of the period sources, such as those by Dromgoole, are derogatory in nature. | ||
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*Goins, Jack Harold, ''Melungeons and Other Pioneer Families'', 2000. | *Goins, Jack Harold, ''Melungeons and Other Pioneer Families'', 2000. | ||
*Hashaw, Tim, ''Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America'', Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2006, 2007. | *Hashaw, Tim, ''Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America'', Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2006, 2007. | ||
*Heinegg, Paul, ''Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820'', 5th ed., Baltimore: Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005. | *Heinegg, Paul, ''Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820'', 5th ed., Baltimore: Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005. | ||
*Hicks, Theresa M., and Wes Taukchiray, ''South Carolina Indians, Indian Traders, and Other Ethnic Connections: Beginning in 1670'', The Reprint Company, 1998. | *Hicks, Theresa M., and Wes Taukchiray, ''South Carolina Indians, Indian Traders, and Other Ethnic Connections: Beginning in 1670'', The Reprint Company, 1998. | ||
*Hirschman, Elizabeth, ''Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America'', Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2005. | *Hirschman, Elizabeth, ''Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America'', Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2005. | ||